Nikkei: the server of "Nikkei Smart Clip" was accessed without authorization and the email addresses and other data of 266 users of customer companies may have leaked

1. 2022-12-14

   Unauthorized access from outside to the server used by the newspaper clipping service "Nikkei Smart Clip" came to light. [1]

2. 2022-12-23

   It announced the case. It reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission, cut outside access to the server and is providing customer companies with alternative services in turn. [1] [2]

3. 2023-02-14

   It published a second report. The email addresses and other data of 949 users, including past users, may have leaked. No leak to the outside has been confirmed. [3] [4]

The data that may have leaked is the email addresses and other data of 266 users of some customer companies managed on this server, and for some also names and user IDs. The customer companies affected receive the service from the hosting server contracted by the subsidiary Nikkei Media Marketing. [1]

The second report put the users whose data may have leaked, including past users, at 949. [3] [4]